Mike Van Horn – Medium

Mike Van Horn

Featured Book

Singer Selena M rescues a very non-human alien and nurses it back to health, fighting off those who want to grab the spaceship for themselves.

2020

Mike Van Horn

Stories

Pinned

Published in
For Small Business Owners Only

For Small Business Owners Only

Medium is full of great advice for solopreneurs and start-ups. But who’s left out? Those who’ve moved past this stage, or who are ready to.

Aug 16, 2023

The love between a husband and wife is so amazing.

My wife and I were always best friends. Some of our best times were sitting on the deck after work recounting our day's events while…

6d ago

Prognosticators like to see a trend and extrapolate it out to predict what will happen in the…

Here's an example: Cashiers will all be replaced by self-checkers, right? But we're already seeing the return of human checkers, for a…

Feb 18

Oh lordy, reading this makes me SO glad I never went the corporate route.

Ten years ago I cut back, stopped marketing but continued working with existing clients. I'm still doing that at 82. Why? I love my work.

Feb 6

I thought you were going to write about Uruguay, another quiet, stable country.

We ran into none of the noise issues you mentioned. Seems like Uruguay is all middle class.

Sep 28, 2024

Excellent article!

One thing you didn't mention is getting paid by credit card. I set up a merchant account so that I could get their payments right away…

Aug 16, 2024

My regret: I wish I had written more books.

Jun 25, 2024

This is the thing, Martin.

And then Biden's physical decline. It's not about age per se--it's about his ability to handle the most powerful office in the world for…

May 16, 2024

Is this a scam or what?

I keep getting replies like this one to comments I make on the posts of others on Medium. I’m not about to contact strange addresses or go…

May 15, 2024

I'm not Gen Z, I'm an old codger, but I agree totally with this.

Despairing? I dunno. But disappointed. Disappointed that the best our parties can come up with are Biden and Trump.

Mar 6, 2024

Fascinating!

Her stories are full of thought-provoking ideas that have influenced my own sci fi stories, but I don't "believe" any of them. They're just…

Nov 5, 2023

I read recently that there has been no "Palestinian people" until recently--mid-20th century?

One thing seems indisputable: Israel is not going to cease to exist. No UN proclamation, and no Arab army, will change that.

Oct 24, 2023

Published in
For Small Business Owners Only

Are You Under-Pricing?

In one of my business owner groups, two guys who ran an IT consulting outfit came to our monthly meeting and asked the others, “How much…

Oct 5, 2023

Who came up in my estimation during the 1st Republican debate?

Who disappointed me? Tim Scott, who I've been rooting for, was meh. De Santis sounded like he was running for governor.

Aug 24, 2023

Re 3: Learning styles.

I also teach visually. I stand at the white board and draw circles and arrows, tables and bullet points and flow charts. My books are full…

Aug 20, 2023

James, I started out writing a response to your article, but it ended up at 750 words--perhaps too…

You allude to some tech-based tools that could “enable deliberation and cooperation across diverse groups.” I’m all for this, but I see…

Jul 30, 2023

My response to the "generalist tax" challenge is twofold:

- Work for myself, not for others. I've had several of my own companies over the last 40 years. Mainly consulting firms, where my…

Jun 9, 2023

Sheesh, I read the typewriter version. The computer version is a hell of a lot easier to read!

I haven't read enough of your work to tell the difference.

Mar 29, 2023

Biden vs. Trump in 2024.

I don't think Trump will be able to engineer the nomination of a slate of low-quality candidates in '24, like he did this year. It's…

Nov 16, 2022

Hindus measured the diameter of Saturn in the 5th century?

And if they measured Saturn, what about Jupiter, which is closer, larger, and brighter?

May 28, 2022